The Osceola times., 1887-07-23

TIE following banks have been author
lied TO begin business: Quincy National
Bank OF Quincy, Ill, capital 10000;
First National Bank Of Cimarron, has,
| capital $50, 600
AN order In council has been passed a,
Ottawa, Ont, extending for ninety days
| the cattle quarantine 10 Manitoba ana the
Northwest territories.
SOUTHERN ARIZONA has been visited by
very heavy rain-siorms and clout-bursts
during the past few days. The rainfall
is un unprecedented. The Santa Cruz river
is over a mile wide. Wash outs on the
| Southern Pacific railroad have been
| frequent, and large mum bers OF live stock
have been drowned.
| TuH prize drill OF Patrlarchal Circle
| Temple, 10 attendance at the annual con-
| clave of the Supreme Temple, was he'd
| at Milwaukee, Wis, on the l4th. Ridgely
| Temple, of Bloominging, Ill, was award
| ed first prize; Occidental Temple, OF Chi
cago, second prize; Pioneer Temple, OF
Des Moines, Ia, third prize.
THOMAS BURK has sued Kansas City,
No, for si00,0 90 for cutting through his
property for a rsilroai.
MEDAL ana a fund are in preparation
at New York for the negro sailer, Frank
hODlnsOn, VINO saNtu nine uNcs iEoh 'ho
wreck OF the yacht Mystery.
TaK steamer Carroll arrived at Boston
on the morning Of the 18th from Halifax,
N. s., having on board twenty-nine pas
| sengers OF the lost Merrimac. The pas
sengers appeared 10 be in good ealth and
looked none the worse for their mishap.
AN additional force OF thirty Pinkerton
detectives arrived In Pittsburgh from
Chicago on the l4th. and were dispatched
at once TO the coke regions. There has
been no trouble so far, but the operators
fear the Hungarian element and want
to be prepared In the event OF an out
break.
ELABORATE exercises were had at the
Chicago educational convention on tho
18th.
ArroRNKY-GENKRAL Hunt. Of Illinois,
has given IL as hts opinion that pool-se!i-
ing and book making come under the
gambling law, and are prohibited.
JUDGE NooNAN, OF st. Louis, on the 18th
heard the case OF Christ Won der Abe,
president OF the ST. Louis Browns,
charged with violation of the Sunday
law, and ordered his discharge. This
opens the parks TO Sunday base ball
games.
Tn. Secretary Of State on the 18th re-
ceivcd telegram from the United states
Minister at Honolulu, dated the 5th in
slant, saying that affairs are quiet in that
country. Additional particulars by m all
are expected in a few days.
The Mississippi Valley Medical Associ-
alton completed its session at Grab
Orchard Springs, KY, on the 18th, by
electing DR.. Dudley s. Reynolds presi-
dent and selecting ST. Louis as the next
place Of meeting some time In September,
A CARGO Of human beings, shipped sin
bond" passed through Montreal on the
18th. The novel freight was twenty
seven Cinnamon consigned to New York
from San Francisco. When the train ar
rived the car containing the human
freight was found duly sealed and the
merchandise all in good order"
The envelope manufacturers Of the
country have formed a combination to ad.
var CO the price OF goods.
REPORTS from all over the land are to
the effect that the face of the country Is
being literally baked by the intense heat,
and crops are suffering for moisture and
little less torrid atmosphere.
THE Paris Figaro says that Captain
Jovis will make the attempt in October to
cross the Atlantic In a balloon. He will
start from St Nazain and endeavor to
reach New York.
TnE week ended the 10th found the Chi
| cago Base Ball Club crowdlng the De-
| troits uncom for,ably close for first place
| in the League. In the Association the st.
Louis Browns had increased their lead a
| trife.
THERE is general tightening OF the
| reins on the governmental money han
dlers at Warrington since the Bacon
defalcation.
ST. JosEPa's Orphan Asylum in New
York took fire on the 10Th, but, forum ate
| ", not much damage was done A panic
among the children was only averted by
the firm and prompt action Of the Sisters,
aided by the police.
| THE casualties from the railroad wreck
at Port Stanley, Ont, have been finally
| figured out at about one hundred. Nc
| further deaths have been reported.
SEVEN New York hremen were severely
| burned by an explosion in a warehouse
where they were trying to put out fire
TnH count OF the money in the United
States Treasury at Washington developed
no shortage in Uncle Sans big "rolL"
A SLIGHT earthquake shock was felt in
Sicily and on the neighboring Italian
coasts at eight o. clock on the morning oi
the nth, and was accompanied by erup
tions from Mt E,na, which, however, re
suited in no damage.